Rebecca, how did you install PostGreSQL? Did you install it from the RPM? --Moby
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Hardy Merrill Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 08:36 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problems starting postgresql in RedHat 8.0 Rebecca, I'm no Postgres expert, but I do use it. I'm guessing that you need to 1. Log in to the 'postgres' account 2. run 'initdb' 3. then, as 'root' try to '/etc/init.d/postgres start' initdb generally sets up your database instance - it creates some necessary files and directories. At a command prompt, do a 'man initdb' to read about it. Again I'm not sure this is your problem, but when I first install postgres, it usually takes a few false starts until you finally get all the prerequisites done. Hopefully what I've outlined above is all you need to do. HTH. -- Hardy Merrill Senior Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > Hi All, > > I just installed RedHat 8.0 on a system. I receive a failure status when I > try to start the postrgresql server by doing the following command as root: > > /etc/init.d/postgresql start > > It is failing because there is no PG_VERSION file at /var/lib/pgsql/data. > In the data directory, there is only one file: pg_hba.conf. > > Have something gone wrong in the installation process? What can't I start > the postgresql server? > > Thanks! > Rebecca -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
